From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753567AbYJ1A4x (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:56:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752138AbYJ1A4n (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:56:43 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:55932 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751992AbYJ1A4m (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:56:42 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:55:41 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Ian Kent Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, autofs@linux.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] autofs4 - remove string terminator check Message-Id: <20081027175541.3567e585.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1225153622.2938.1.camel@zeus.themaw.net> References: <20081023023513.4508.54940.stgit@raven.themaw.net> <20081023023522.4508.27987.stgit@raven.themaw.net> <20081027133131.f2011d28.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <1225153622.2938.1.camel@zeus.themaw.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:27:02 +0900 Ian Kent wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 13:31 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:35:22 +0800 > > Ian Kent wrote: > > > > > Remove unnecessary string terminator check. > > > > Why is it unnecessary? > > > > Does this change alter behaviour in any way? > > > > Does it fix a bug? > > Umm .... it was done in response to your comment, quoted below ... umm, the number of patches I've handled recently overflowed a u16. Please don't rely on my memory! Plus "read akpm's mind" isn't a very useful changelog. Please send a new and complete changelog for this patch?